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10 Ingredients of an Excellent LinkedIn Profileby Thea Kelley - May, 2015What are the must-haves for a LinkedIn profile that enhances your image and helps you advance your job search and career?
Nail these, and you'll stand out from most of the competition, whether you're in job search, self-employed or simply serious about career management.
1. Proficient Writing.
The vast majority of us, even professional writers, make mistakes in grammar, capitalization, word usage and spelling....

Are You On The Right Career Path?by Carole Kanchier - May, 2015Are you where you want to be professionally? Have you reached a fork in the road and can't make a career decision? Do you have a career path?
What is a career path?
A career path can take many forms, and much depends on where you are in your professional life. Are you a new grad just starting out or a seasoned pro looking to re-ignite a passion? Are you hoping to climb the ladder in your current organization or longing t...

My Biggest Work Fail: A Lesson for Millennials and Their Managersby Lindsey Pollak - May, 2015My first job out of college was in the business development group of WorkingWoman.com at the height of dot-com mania. Early on, I was tasked with negotiating a contract with a new client, something I’d never done before. But I was on it – referring to my notes and busily cutting and pasting verbiage.
When I was finished, the contract reflected everything we had discussed – I had nailed it! But as I like to say, you don’t k...

The OFCCP Digest Volume 5, Issue 5by Local JobNetwork™ - May, 2015How to Prepare for OFCCP Compensation Manager Interviews (And Why You Should)
by Scott Pechaitis, Esq.
As the persistent “wage gap” continues to make headlines, the Obama Administration has its sights set on eradicating pay discrimination. The directive from the White House...

Fair Pay & Safe Workplaces Executive Orderby Alissa Horvitz - May, 2015On July 31, 2014, President Obama released Executive Order 13673, known as the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order. The theme of the Executive Order is that when the U.S. federal government is going to use taxpayer dollars to buy goods and services from government contractor companies, the taxpayers’ dollars should not be used to buy from companies that engage in repeated, pervasive, serious or willful violations of...

Surveying Applicants and Employeesby Jacquelyn Peterson - May, 2015Federal contractors and subcontractors must survey applicants and employees for gender, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, and disability status. The data collected from the surveys is used for creating statistical reports to analyze employment patterns and is used in the employer’s Affirmative Action Plan (AAP).
Some of the surveying is conducted in the pre-offer and post-offer stages. The pre-offer stage genera...

How to Prepare for OFCCP Compensation Manager Interviews (And Why You Should)by Scott Pechaitis - May, 2015As the persistent “wage gap” continues to make headlines, the Obama Administration has its sights set on eradicating pay discrimination. The directive from the White House to EEOC and OFCCP is, “We know pay discrimination exists – go find it.” As a result, OFCCP has sharpened the tools in its compensation investigation toolbox, including the following:
Rescission of the Compensation Standards and Voluntary Guidelines....

Sorting Out the Confusion of Applicant Tracking Codesby Debra Milstein Gardner - May, 2015You are probably thinking “Oh no - another article about applicant tracking codes?” I fully understand; however, I ask one simple question. How many of you are as befuddled as I am regarding the countless verbiage applied to applicant tracking codes? Disposition codes, status codes, stages, rejection reason codes. Are these terms synonymous? Each applicant tracking system (ATS) refers to the staging of candidates different...

Lessons Learned from OFCCP’s Budget Request for FY 2016by Ahmed Younies - May, 2015President Obama has just a bit over 18 months left in office. Consequently so does the OFCCP—in its current incarnation, that is. Once Mr. Obama leaves office, there will likely be a new Director, and the OFCCP will subsequently reflect shifting priorities. How much those priorities shift, of course, will depend on who gets voted into the White House next. In the meantime, the OFCCP has released its budget request—and the jus...

Can One Lazy Employee Destroy Your Team?by Alexandra Levit - May, 2015Peer effects are directly responsible for the work ethic of one team member mirroring that of another. Is your coworker setting a good example, or a bad one? And how is that affecting the teams’ productivity?
Those who have reading my posts for a while know that I have a special interest in the intersection of economics and business, as well as the intersection of neuroscience and business. Recently, I corresponded with Ey...

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